Challenging a paradigm: Staggered versus single-pulse mass dog vaccination strategy for rabies elimination
Heterogeneities caused by control strategies enactment at sub-population scales should be accounted for when modeling transmission dynamics. In Arequipa, Peru, although metapopulation dynamics may allow for re-introduction of canine rabies in previously vaccinated patches when mass dog vaccination campaigns are staggered temporally over 6 months, continuous mass vaccination reaching recommended vaccination coverage levels is sufficient to eliminate canine rabies.
Authors
- Elvis W. Díaz
- Ricardo Castillo-Neyra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6629-2139)
- Brinkley Raynor Bellotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5386-414X)
- Michael Z. Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4661-3764)
- Micaela De la Puente-León (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6668-5442)
- Maria Rieders
- Sergio Recuenco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8446-7411)
Institutions
- National University of San Marcos (PE)
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Computational Biology
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012780
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.11
Funders
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases